summative questions

summative questions: hannahK


what is your book about?
my book is about the possessions and objects that make up my home environment. each chapter is dedicated to a room in my house and each item in that room is be documented.
what makes your content choice specific to you?
the content of the book is extremely specific to me as every word in the book represents something found in my house. nobody else’s house.

how are you going to represent your content?
with the exception of a centrefold cartoon spread, the book is completely composed of text. clean, black text on clean, white paper. In a list form, in alphabetical order within each room. I’m hoping to complete my bedroom and bathroom at the very least, as those are the two rooms that are the most personal to me. the centrefold spread will be sketches of random objects found in each room, in no particular order.

how do you intend to communicate the content?
see above. but also: each word will be approximately 14-16pt. font, however I’d like to experiment with the size of each word relaying the importance of that object/possession to me.

what content editing methods will you use?
i’d like to import all my text to indesign to make the proportions really tight and clean, and to ensure an overall pleasing aesthetic. i want it to look really neat and orderly, with the exception of the cartoons which will be sketchy and wobbly. the cartoons will still be black pen/marker on white paper.


what media are you using to make your imagery?
i’ll be drawing the cartoons by hand. using a word processor for the text before importing it to indesign. it will probably be Helvetica.


why are you making this particular book?
i’m making this book for a few reasons. one, I think it’s important to realize the sheer excess of items that are found in the average Canadian home. also, I’m experimenting with the idea that what you own either says a lot about you or nothing at all. I think it would be interesting to see what strangers could gather about me just by reading the book.

HK